5 July, 2024: Blacklight Party
*Note: All parameters were taken at the start of survey unless otherwise stated.
Location: [redacted, private residence].
Date: 5 July, 2024
Time: 8:30-10:20 PM
Temperature: 82*F
Humidity: 67%
Wind: 5 mph W
Conditions: New moon. Partially cloudy, ~10% cloud cover
Surrounding habitat: Suburban backyard. Tree composition primarily eastern red cedar (juniper), with neighboring properties hosting deciduous trees. Several fallen cedar trees are in the yard in varying states of decay.
Observations
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Genus LichenophanesObserver
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Attracted to blacklight in a suburban backyard.
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Leafhoppers and Treehoppers (Superfamily Membracoidea)Observer
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Attracted to blacklight in a suburban backyard.
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Scarabs (Family Scarabaeidae)Observer
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Attracted to blacklight in a suburban backyard. Very tiny.
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Ants (Family Formicidae)Observer
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Attracted to blacklight in a suburban backyard. I guess it crawled up.
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Ants (Family Formicidae)Observer
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Attracted to blacklight in a suburban backyard.
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Rove Beetles (Family Staphylinidae)Observer
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Attracted to blacklight in a suburban backyard.
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Rove Beetles (Family Staphylinidae)Observer
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Attracted to blacklight in a suburban backyard.
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Punctate Synchronized Bark Beetle (Synchroa punctata)Observer
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Attracted to blacklight in a suburban backyard. ~2 cm, give or take.
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Click Beetles (Family Elateridae)Observer
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Attracted to blacklight in a suburban backyard. ~1.5-2 cm.
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Plant Bugs (Family Miridae)Observer
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Attracted to blacklight in a suburban backyard.
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Beetles (Order Coleoptera)Observer
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Attracted to blacklight in a suburban backyard.
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Plant Bugs (Family Miridae)Observer
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Attracted to blacklight in a suburban backyard.
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Click Beetles (Family Elateridae)Observer
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Attracted to blacklight in a suburban backyard.
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Grass-veneers and Allies (Subfamily Crambinae)Observer
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Attracted to blacklight in a suburban backyard.
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Snout and Bark Beetles (Superfamily Curculionoidea)Observer
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Attracted to blacklight in a suburban backyard.
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Spined Oak Borer (Elaphidion mucronatum)Observer
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~2.5 cm body length. Attracted to blacklight in a suburban backyard.
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Two-horned Powder-post Beetle (Lichenophanes bicornis)Observer
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Attracted to blacklight in a suburban backyard. A little over 1 cm in length.
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Inverse and Kimball's Dichomeris Moths (Section Dichomeris inversella)Observer
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Attracted to blacklight in a suburban backyard.
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Genus BuenoaObserver
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Attracted to blacklight in a suburban backyard.
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Waterlily Leafcutter Moth (Elophila obliteralis)Observer
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Attracted to blacklight in a suburban backyard.
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Sap-feeding Beetles (Family Nitidulidae)Observer
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Attracted to blacklight in a suburban backyard. I like its antennae.
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Grass-Veneers (Tribe Crambini)Observer
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Attracted to blacklight in a suburban backyard.
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Curved-horn Moths (Superfamily Gelechioidea)Observer
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Attracted to blacklight in a suburban backyard.
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Dagger Moths (Genus Acronicta)Observer
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Attracted to blacklight in a suburban backyard.
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Wolf Spiders (Family Lycosidae)Observer
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Climbed onto a blacklight sheet in a suburban backyard. ~3 cm leg span.
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Golden-eyed Lacewing (Chrysopa oculata)Observer
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Attracted to blacklight in a suburban backyard.
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Yellow-fringed Dolichomia Moth (Hypsopygia olinalis)Observer
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Attracted to blacklight in a suburban backyard.
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Genus PhoturisObserver
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Attracted to blacklight in a suburban backyard.
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Eastern Grass Tubeworm Moth (Acrolophus plumifrontella)Observer
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Attracted to blacklight in a suburban backyard.
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Southern Masked Chafer (Cyclocephala lurida)Observer
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Attracted to blacklight in a suburban backyard.
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Waterlily Leafcutter Moth (Elophila obliteralis)Observer
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Attracted to blacklight in a suburban backyard.
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Snowy Urola Moth (Urola nivalis)Observer
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Attracted to blacklight in a suburban backyard.
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Caddisflies (Order Trichoptera)Observer
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Attracted to blacklight in a suburban backyard.
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Grass-veneers and Allies (Subfamily Crambinae)Observer
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Attracted to blacklight in a suburban backyard.
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Grass Tubeworm Moths (Genus Acrolophus)Observer
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Attracted to blacklight in a suburban backyard.
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Grass-veneers and Allies (Subfamily Crambinae)Observer
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Attracted to blacklight in a suburban backyard.
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Grass Tubeworm Moths (Genus Acrolophus)Observer
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Attracted to blacklight in a suburban backyard.
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Ailanthus Webworm Moth (Atteva aurea)Observer
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Attracted to blacklight in a suburban backyard.
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Common Eastern Firefly (Photinus pyralis)Observer
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Attracted to blacklight in a suburban backyard.
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Beetles (Order Coleoptera)Observer
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Attracted to blacklight in a suburban backyard.
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Genus ClosteraObserver
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Attracted to blacklight in a suburban backyard.
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Bent-lined Carpet (Costaconvexa centrostrigaria)Observer
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Attracted to blacklight in a suburban backyard.
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American Idia Moth (Idia americalis)Observer
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Attracted to blacklight in a suburban backyard.
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Short-tailed Ichneumonid Wasps (Subfamily Ophioninae)Observer
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Attracted to blacklight in a suburban backyard.
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Inverse and Kimball's Dichomeris Moths (Section Dichomeris inversella)Observer
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Attracted to blacklight in a suburban backyard.
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True Hoppers (Suborder Auchenorrhyncha)Observer
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Attracted to blacklight in a suburban backyard.
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Inverse and Kimball's Dichomeris Moths (Section Dichomeris inversella)Observer
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Attracted to blacklight in a suburban backyard.
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Wolf Spiders (Family Lycosidae)Observer
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This one crashed my blacklight party and snatched a winged ant as I watched. Crafty little critter.
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Yellow-striped Armyworm Moth (Spodoptera ornithogalli)Observer
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Attracted to blacklight in a suburban backyard.
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Lucerne Moth (Nomophila nearctica)Observer
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Attracted to blacklight in a suburban backyard.
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Genus StenelmisObserver
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With a rove beetle hitchhiker, I believe. Attracted to blacklight in a suburban backyard.
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Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf, and Snout Beetles (Suborder Polyphaga)Observer
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The larger black beetle.
For the riffle beetle, see: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/227652336
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Waterlily Leafcutter Moth (Elophila obliteralis)Observer
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Attracted to blacklight in a suburban backyard.
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Ailanthus Webworm Moth (Atteva aurea)Observer
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Attracted to blacklight in a suburban backyard.
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Black-bordered Lemon Moth (Marimatha nigrofimbria)Observer
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Attracted to blacklight in a suburban backyard.
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Large Mossy Glyph (Protodeltote muscosula)Observer
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Attracted to blacklight in a suburban backyard.
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